Ethel Merman and Cole Porter go back a long way—she was Reno Sweeney in the first Broadway production of Anything Goes in 1934—so it's fitting that as host of this live 1964 tribute from the Bell Telephone Hour she sings and hoofs her way through an extensive opening medley. (Songs from that show include "I Get a Kick Out of You," "You're the Top," and "Blow, Gabriel, Blow.") Every bit her equal in starpower and singing chops, John Raitt adds more luster to a swell program that amply honors Porter's contributions to American musical theater and to popular song. Also among the dozens of tunes are "It's De-Lovely," "Ridin' High," "So in Love," "Night and Day," "You Do Something to Me," "In the Still of the Night," "Just One of Those Things," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "I Concentrate on You," "What Is This Thing Called Love?" and many numbers from Kiss Me Kate.